the online poker craze

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eeguy wrote: »

My problem with online is you don't know who you're playing...

Are the players on your table all sitting in a room together somewhere teaming against you.
Are you playing against someone with an odds calculator.
Are you playing against someone who has a way of gaming the system.

Who knows. The online aspect of it is also unnerving. I heard a great podcast from an engineer who built virtual casino games that were programmed to win more times than not.

One of these games had a double or nothing feature based on the optional flip of a virtual coin. The system already knew which way the coin would fall, even before you decided to take the chance of the coin toss.

Exactly, way too many uncontrolled variables, compared to real-world events.

1). In very high-stakes you could be up against a highly coordinated small team, it may only go on the offense for a short period of sit and go play, before disembarking, any collusion under the radar. Then there is element of bot play, key access, testers and team VPN(IP) access points, all very hard to verify for the average Joe.

2). Secondly the Engineer's source code, who knows what variables and functions exist within that. Only the CTO of the 3rd party vendor. Yes there may be a (RNG) random(); script function, but what other factoring?

3). Percentiles. It could be fair to assume you don't have 50:50 up against any physical/virtual machine. It's generally accepted FOBT's generally run at 97.2%, as both site operator & remote supplier need paid. Anyone even glancing at a shop machine would need their head examined, quickly.

The non-physical 'virtual space' mightn't be much different, after all fees have to be paid e.g. licensing, vending, software development, and all other associated operating costs. That's before you consider any standard play commission.

buck65

Always bet on black.

Neon_Lights

buck65 wrote: »

Always bet on black.

25% chance on a four colour deck